Improved clothes-line reel



VALENTINE & STEVENS.

Clbthes-Li'ne Reel.

-' Paten ted Dec; '15, 1868.

S m, M 0 w can game can JOHN VALENTINE AND HENRY B. sTEvENs, 0E BUFFALO,NEW

- YORK.

Letters Patent No. 84,919, dated December 15, 1868. I

IIJIPROVED CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent find making part of thesame.

Our inventionconsists in an improved portable reel,

having the line, or cord, with its spool thereon,'enclosed in a closecase.

its peculiarities of construction and operation are substantially asfollows:

. The periphery, A, of the case, is made of sheet-metal, or othersuitable material, its ends fitting into grooves in the two heads, BB,which may be of wood. To join the parts together, two bars, aa, mayextend from head to head, having tenons extending through the heads, asshown, held therein by pins, (1 (1. Any equivalent construction may beemployed.

' A spool, O, is located inside, being provided with journals, 0 h,which turn in bearings of the heads, B

B, of the case. On this spool the line or cord, G, is.

wound. 7

One of the journals, h, of the spool has an aperture, 1', extending fromits outer end directly inward a suitable distance, and' then obliquelyoutward to the periphery of the spool, substantially as shown in fig. 1.Through this aperture the cord is threaded, being held from drawingthrough by a knot, g, or its equivalent, at the end. Thus, the cord canbe inserted or taken out of the reel at any time, without taking thecase apart.

The outer end of the cord may terminate in a loop,

it, for attaching to any fastening. The cord extends out through amouth, or aperture, f, in one side of the periphery of the case,preferably through one of the bars a. thercofl This month is oblong, ofsufiicient length to allow thecord to wind upon and unwind from allparts of the spool, directly inward and outward.

One journal, 0, of the spool projects outward through the head B of thecase, and has a crank, D, secured to it, for winding and unwinding thecord on the spool. Through the centre of the crank-handle-apiu, Epasses, beingallowed to slide in and out, and a set of concentric holes,I) b, is made in the head, B, of the case, so situated as to exactlyreceive the pin E when brought round opposite to any one 'of them. Bypushing the pin into any one of these holes the spool is prevented fromunwinding any further. A staple or hook, m, is attached to the reel-caseat the periphery, opposite-to the month where the cord runs out.

In using the reel, the loop I is secured to a hook, or other attachment,on a post, fence, or otherplaqe of support. The reel is then carried tothe next point' When the use of the cord is over for the time, the reelis unfasteued and the cordis wound up inside:

thereof by the crank, and thus fully protected from the weather, wear,and dirt, it is wound in the reel-case.

The materials and outline of the reel-case maybe varied at pleasure, thesubstantial features of the invention, as above set forth, beingretained.

What we claim as Olll' invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

Theperforated spool-journal 71, substantially as and for the purposeherein specified.

Also, a reel, composed substantially of the following ijparts: Theperiphery A, heads B B, bars a a, serving 'both to connect the otherparts and to receive the oblong rnouth f, and loop or staple m, and thelockingpin E, in the crank-handle, and holding in the concentric holes Ib, as herein specified.

The above specification of our'improved reel for clothes-lines, andother similar uses, signed by us, this 26th day of December, 1867.

JOHN VALENTINE.

Witnesses: HENRY B. STEVENS.

OHARLEs SMITH, AVERY WILLIAMS.

